@Federico: "could not be further from the truth"... How do you call removing harmless humor in comments and claim the author is "spreading disinformation" because they wrote "things come in threes...", according to you to "protect" "a user that obviously did not understand another joke in another comment" that was not mine. Disinformation!, not less... I swear I'm not a Russian agency interfering in politics... — mins 12 hours ago
8:19 AM
is not harmless if you make fun of someone's fears. I can also argue that it is partially against our "be nice" policy, and that is exactly what I have to defend as a mod.
> claim the author is "spreading disinformation" because they wrote "things come in threes...", according to you to "protect" "a user that obviously did not understand another joke in another comment" that was not mine.
yes, they obviously did not get a previous joke, you saw that, and you piled up with another joke at that user expense. you were not having fun with them, you were making fun of them, that's not fun, that's not nice. Protecting a user from this is my duty as a mod.
despite the current climate, disinformation is a word that has a meaning that can be applied to different contexts. In this case, saying to a user that is afraid of a possible future accident that (paraphrasing) "a third accident is imminent" is disinformation (and could be used as a basis of a conspiracy theory, something we don't want, as per Jay Carr's answer )
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2:39 PM
Re: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/48838/runway-run-event
Although that particular question was pretty bad, the topic in general is interesting and may have a good question under it.
Although that particular question was pretty bad, the topic in general is interesting and may have a good question under it.
During the 2017 eclipse, the STJ airport in Missouri blocked off part of taxiways for eclipse viewers, then filled the remaining taxiways and runways with parked aircraft.
They had a plan to fill up the entire airport and then close it down; leaving just enough runway for departing traffic after the eclipse.
Ultimately, because of bad eclipse viewing conditions (cloudy), not as many planes arrived as originally planned, and they didn't end up closing the airport.
2:55 PM
Yeah. Sometimes it's unavoidable to close runways completely (e.g. for maintenance, or even SNOCLO), but it's not great to close them unnecessarily.
I'm less worried about taxiways. If you're closing the whole airport but just leaving a runway available for emergencies, then the mayday aircraft can just close down on the runway; you don't need a taxiway for an emergency. And even if the airport is open, most airports have more taxiway space than they need, they have extra capacity to make things go faster. As long as they NOTAM the closure and place the appropriate markings, I'm happy with taxiway closures.
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7:46 PM
@mins That is fine. ALL of us don't have to agree on everything. The problem with your comment of
136 people died in two accidents, another accident is about to happen in the near future
is being considered humorous. I agree with @Federico and @Jamiec that the comment should be deleted but I do not find it funny at all, and don't understand that how you related it to be hilarious.
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